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Mint marks were first developed to locate a problem. If a coin was underweight, or overweight, the mint mark would immediately tell where the coin was minted, and the problem could be located and fixed. Another problem which could occur would be a dishonest mint official debasing the coin, or putting less precious metal in the coin than specified.
Matron Head large cent, 1816–1839 (Copper except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1816 (P) 2,820,982 1817 (P) 3,948,400 (P) 5 Proof 1818
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... Small and Large date varieties D 1,580,884,000 Small and Large date varieties (P) 1,691,602
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties. 1808 (P) 1,368,600 1809
In 1909, the U.S. Mint halted production of Indian Head pennies and began producing Lincoln cents. Victor David Brenner designed the new penny and put his initials “V.D.B.” to the reverse of ...
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... Large S over small S overmark errors are known. [52] (P) 30 [53] Proof 1857 (P) 9,644,000 O
A small portion of the 1969-S penny mintage from San Francisco showed the doubled die error, pushing up its value. 1947 Washington Quarter: $32,400 A Washington Quarter from 1947 in circulated ...
The result of the large mintages were due to a widespread shortage of small change that was blamed on coin collectors. [3] the following year, The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all mint marks from nickels that were issued by the mints, this lasted until 1968 when the mintmark was moved from the reverse to the obverse side of the coin. [4]